Saturday, January 28, 2017
Wall tax vs Romneycare tax
Fake "news" is making a big deal of Trump's proposed 20% tariff on Mexican stuff. Supposedly this is a burden. I can figure the burden exactly because my diet and habits are highly predictable. I spend about $36 a month on broccoli and tomatoes, which come from Mexico much of the time. (I think Safeway gets tomatoes locally in spring and summer, but broccoli is always Mexican.) The 20% tariff will raise $36 to $43. Price will rise by $7 per month. Well worth paying to increase safety and wages for Deplorables.
Compare Trump's signature tax with Obama's signature tax. When Romneycare went into effect, my monthly health insurance rose from $300 to $500. What did I get in return for this $200 extra monthly tax? A higher deductible and worse service.
Seven dollars for a small long-term gain, versus two hundred dollars for a total loss.
Trump's tariff is definitely a better deal.
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Neural sidenote: When I first wrote this, I had the Romneycare change as 300 to 700, not 300 to 500. The 700 was another example of the odd specific math defect that started in 2008 when blood pressure went wild. The error doesn't happen every time, but when it does it's always triggered by a 5. In this case hitting 500 seemed to reset an "already done" flag in my brain, so that an intended single addition happened twice. I remembered 300 + 200 = 500, and the same addition then quietly happened again to reach 700. Because 7 doesn't trigger any errors, the loop stopped there.
Compare Trump's signature tax with Obama's signature tax. When Romneycare went into effect, my monthly health insurance rose from $300 to $500. What did I get in return for this $200 extra monthly tax? A higher deductible and worse service.
Seven dollars for a small long-term gain, versus two hundred dollars for a total loss.
Trump's tariff is definitely a better deal.
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Neural sidenote: When I first wrote this, I had the Romneycare change as 300 to 700, not 300 to 500. The 700 was another example of the odd specific math defect that started in 2008 when blood pressure went wild. The error doesn't happen every time, but when it does it's always triggered by a 5. In this case hitting 500 seemed to reset an "already done" flag in my brain, so that an intended single addition happened twice. I remembered 300 + 200 = 500, and the same addition then quietly happened again to reach 700. Because 7 doesn't trigger any errors, the loop stopped there.
Labels: #DeplorableLivesMatter, coot-proofing
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